License renewal-can they do this?

ALFAHOLIC

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:wtf: Hi guys, happy new year and all and all - let it be a great one to all...

Ok, just came from the traffic department, had to do this in my lunchtime because I have no time, very busy today.

Walk into the department and its nice and empty, only about 6 people in front of me, I finally get to the woman who's supposed to help me, 20mins later that is. Before I went to see her I looked around the place and noticed NO signs stating that i cannot pay with anything other than cash...as I had no cash on me. I asked and no one else in the short lines knew...

I came to the woman, she was obviously not very friendly, gave her my disc, in Mpumalanga, or here at least, you only give your disc, strange...and she said R260...I gave her my credit card...she said she only takes cash, I said I don't have cash and that there is absolutely NO signs on the walls stating they accept only cash:confused: Then I could see her face change and I immediately left it there and told her to then cancel whatever she typed into the system as I don't have time to run to the closest ATM, wherever that is, and I'll come back tomorow morning and pay her cash...

Then she went all 3 year old on me and said I should go draw money right now or she'll scrap my car, meaning, take it off the road...lol, I had to laugh. This did not help either, she insisted that she'll take my car off the road and I got fed up and told her nice and calmly to then take it off the road, I told her she can't just take my car off the road, but then sarcastically told her to anyway, I picked up my disc and license and told her I'll see her tomorow and said a polite and loud goodbey...she obviously was fuming.

Now...#1 She has no right to scrap my car...lol - there must be a process for this!

#2 Whatever she put into the system can be reversed, geez I work in IT does she really think I'm a dunce?

#3 She looked really adament and out to get me, do you think she'll actually do her best to scrap my car and then when I get there tomorrow morning I'll find my car was scrapped?

I already have my amunition when I go there, let's say by some mile that my car is now scrapped as I sit here...first of all what's the number of the public prosecutor, secondly, I have the number of the local newspaper, and thridly I have FB and YouTube on my side...I'll videotape everything happening there tomorow...lol wish me luck:whistle:
 
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yup, there is a process to scrap a car.

they should have put up notices that it's cash only.

the one at waltloo have notices that it's only cash, and that they have no credit card facilities, which is not a good thing.

edit : if it's e-natis then it might not have an "undo" feature :D
 
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Do you think maybe she saw you drive up in your Alfa?

LMAO not drive up...it says Alfa Romeo LuidsBak on the disc, luids bak is Hatchbak in afrikaans, lol, afrikaners:erm:

I knew it...tomorrow I just hope to get in, pay R260, and when i have my disc I'll go lay a complaint, of gross lying to the nth degree!
 
Welcome to South Africa.

LOL - one thing that gets me is...my colegue, an elderly white gentleman warned me I'd get issues there...and he even pointed out the fact that that department is run by a white man:erm: and even worse...he said the tellers were white as well, so I asked him what he's trying to insinuate...lol, he laughed and looked at me, and said, dude, stupidity don't choose color!:D
 
i think they accept cheques ... Not sure 100 percent but could be totally wrong.... No they cant just deregister your car man ... Lol ... I would have laughed if i witnessed this :)
 
Alfaholic why don't you just go to the Post Office?
 
the post office? You see, this is the problem I have with services in SA...I did not know we can go to the post office to do this. What does it take them to inform me while I'm standing in those long queues (the one word that has evaded my spelling B repitoire) ?

Anyway, I got the license disc...lol get this...at the very same lady, she acted as if nothing happened...strange person that!
 
well you should of brought it up and see what she said when you got there. never knew we could do it at the post office and do you get it the same day and can you go to any post office to do it?
 
well you should of brought it up and see what she said when you got there. never knew we could do it at the post office and do you get it the same day and can you go to any post office to do it?
Again this seems to also differ from provence to provence. I know most PE post offices have been offering the service for a few years.
 
Not all Post Office offer this service, mainly bigger ones, they need special printers, etc.
 
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